Ranking of New Mexico Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Subsaharan African Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 8.59K people in New Mexico with Subsaharan African ancestry (0.41% of New Mexico population). Among all New Mexico cities and places with a population of at least 10K, North Valley CDP had the highest percentage of its population with Subsaharan African ancestry (1.85%), followed by Los Lunas village (1.50%), and Albuquerque city (0.78%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Subsaharan African ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in New Mexico.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of New Mexico Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Subsaharan African Ancestry in 2021
North Valley CDP
Los Lunas village
Albuquerque city
Hobbs city
Las Cruces city
Los Alamos CDP
Clovis city
Chaparral CDP
Gallup city
Rio Rancho city
Ranking of New Mexico Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Subsaharan African Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 North Valley CDP 1.85
2 Los Lunas village 1.50
3 Albuquerque city 0.78
4 Hobbs city 0.70
5 Las Cruces city 0.66
6 Los Alamos CDP 0.55
7 Clovis city 0.52
8 Chaparral CDP 0.50
9 Gallup city 0.48
9 Rio Rancho city 0.48
10 South Valley CDP 0.37
11 Alamogordo city 0.34
11 Santa Fe city 0.34
12 Roswell city 0.28
13 Sunland Park city 0.18
14 Las Vegas city 0.17
15 Lovington city 0.10
16 Carlsbad city 0.06
17 Farmington city 0.03